The latest warm sunny weather following another winter without a hard freeze in the Orlando area means a bumper crop of pollen. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.

The latest warm sunny weather following another winter without a hard freeze in the Orlando area means a bumper crop of pollen. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.

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Updated: 4:47 PM EDT Mar 19, 2015

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WEBVTT RECEIPTS THEN THEY WOULD RETURN THE TOOTHBRUSHES FOR CASH. SO ARE YOU FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER? HAVE YOU BEEN SUFFERING WITH THE SPRING COLD? EYES WATERING, THE ITCH. NOSE MORE LIKE A FAUCET LATELY? MORE THAN LIKELY YOU HAVE ALLERGIES. THE POLLEN RIGHT NOW IS FLYING AROUND BIG TIME. WESH 2'S DAVE MCDANIEL LOOKS AT HOW TO CUT YOUR SUFFERING AND WHY THIS ALLERGY SEASON SEEMS SO NASTY. RUNNY NOSE. ITCHY EYES. JUST FEELING MISERABLE. SANDRA COX NEEDED TO SEE AN ALLERGY SPECIALIST. SHE'S BEEN DEALING WITH ALLERGIES EVERY YEAR FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HAVE THE ANTI-HISTAMINES BEEN ANY BENEFIT. OH YES. IT'S BEEN THE WORST. ABSOLUTELY THE WORST. THE LATEST WARM, SUNNY WEATHER FOLLOWING YET ANOTHER WINTER WITHOUT A HARD FREEZE IN THE ORLANDO AREA MEANS A BUFFER CROP OF POLLEN. THIS YELLOW HAZE IS LIKELY HEAVY PINE POLLEN. A CLEAR SIGN FOR WHAT CAN MAKE YOU HACK AND SNEEZE. YOU KNOW THERE'S OTHER POLLENS WHICH IS ODOR LIST AND INVISIBLE IN THE AIR. THAT WOULD INCLUDE MAPLE AND OAK TREES. OVER-THE-COUNTER ANTIST HISTAMINE CAN HELP A GREAT DEAL. GRASZ, TREES, DUST, POLLEN FLYING THROUGH THE AIR. YEAH. ALL OF IT. EVEN PEOPLE WHO NEVER HAD ALLERGIES ELSEWHERE, JUST MIGHT NOTICE THEM HERE. THEY MOVE TO ATLANTA WHERE WE HAVE MORE HEAVY POLLEN AND THEY BEGIN TO DEVELOP SYMPTOMS. YOU CAN CERTAINLY REDUCE YOUR LEVEL OF MISERY BY STAYING INSIDE. BUT WITH SUNNY SKIES AND BEAUTIFUL TEMPERATURES, MOST PEOPLE WOULD RATHER BE OUTSIDE AND THEN MEDICATE AS NEEDED. WHETHER IT'S OVER THE COUNTER

Heavy pollens making many Central Floridians miserable

The latest warm sunny weather following another winter without a hard freeze in the Orlando area means a bumper crop of pollen. Dave McDaniel (@WESHMcDaniel) has the story.